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The Construct of Creativity: Structural Model for Self‐Reported Creativity Ratings
Author(s) -
KAUFMAN JAMES C.,
COLE JASON C.,
BAER JOHN
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2009.tb01310.x
Subject(s) - creativity , hierarchical database model , psychology , set (abstract data type) , oblique case , sample (material) , construct (python library) , multilevel model , factor (programming language) , subject (documents) , social psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , mathematics , statistics , data mining , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , library science , programming language
Several thousand subjects completed self‐report questionnaires about their own creativity in 56 discrete domains. This sample was then randomly divided into three subsamples that were subject to factor analyses that compared an oblique model (with a set of correlated factors) and a hierarchical model (with a single second‐order, or hierarchical, factor subsuming all of the first order factors). After model refinement, both models were then tested on a confirmation sample. The hierarchical model had a better fit with the data than the oblique model, providing support for theories that have proposed a hierarchical structure to creativity, such as the Amusement Park Theoretical Model. The analysis provided evidence of both an over‐arching general factor and seven more specific General Thematic Areas of creative performance (Artistic‐Verbal, Artistic‐Visual, Entrepreneur, Interpersonal, Math/Science, Performance, and Problem‐Solving).